WH 1777

Siglum
WH 1777
Transliteration
l {q}{y}mt bn mrʾhʿzy h- frs¹
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Translation
By {Qymt} son of Mrʾhʿzy is the horse
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary

This author carved a number of inscriptions (WH 621, 627, 1777, 3820, Jawa76M 11). In 621 and 627 his father's name is spelt mrʾʿzy, while in WH 1777, 3820 and Jawa76M 11 it is spelt more correctly as mrʾ-hʿzy See WH's commentary to this text and Macdonald 1993: 348 n. 288: on names with ʿzy in Safaitic and Nabataean. The word frs¹ can of course mean "horse" or "horseman".

Editio Princeps
Ed. pr.

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
left to right and curving

Associated Drawings
A horseman piercing an oryx with his lance.
Associated Inscriptions
WH 1773–1776

  • [MNH] Macdonald, M.C.A. Nomads and the Ḥawrān in the late Hellenistic and Roman periods: A reassessment of the epigraphic evidence. Syria 70, 1993: 303-413. [Reprinted with the same pagination, plus addenda and corrigenda as Article II in M.C.A. Macdonald, Literacy and Identity in Pre-Islamic Arabia, (Variorum Collected Studies Series no. 906), Farnham: Ashgate, 2009].
  • [WH] Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
Site
WH Cairn 23, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Drawing of a domestic animal, Drawing of a wild animal, Genealogy, Hunting
Old OCIANA ID
#0012631
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Updated 25 Apr, 2025 by Michael Macdonald

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Macdonald, Michael. 'WH 1777.' OCIANA. 25 Apr, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/31199. Accessed: 17 Jun, 2025.